Description

Richard Halliburton (1900-presumed dead 1939, American Traveler,
Adventurer and Writer). Clipped Signature. On white paper.
Approximately 3 x 5 inches. Some toning, mild wrinkling, adhesive
residue on verso. Good. Halliburton was one of the most famous
adventurers of the twenties and thirties, swimming the length of
the Panama Canal among other adventures. He wrote about his
adventures, thus pioneering adventure journalism. In 1939, he tried
to sail a Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, from Hong Kong to San
Francisco, and was presumed lost at sea.

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We had a wonderful time in New York during the October 2013 Historical Manuscripts auction that featured my mother’s papers collected during her tenure as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s secretary. In fact, the entire experience from beginning to end has been a pleasure.
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